Interim Commissioner of Education appointed in Connecticut

Desi Nesmith, chief of the State Department of Education’s Turnaround Office has been named interim Commissioner of Education.

The vote came via conference call on Friday at a special meeting of the State Board of Education.

Nesmith takes over for departing Commissioner of Education Dianna Wentzell. Wentzell, whose term officially ended in March, stayed on as “interim” as a search for a person to lead the agency continued.

Wenztell, however, is headed to a new job and the search, though nearing completion, is not complete. Someone agreeable to the board and Gov. Ned Lamont is expected sometime in July.

Four candidates for the position were interviewed by the search committee last week, according to Allan Taylor, chairman of the State Board of Education.

from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Interim-Commissioner-of-Education-appointed-in-14059250.php